Washington, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the House’s passage of a bill that provides annual funding for energy and water development related agencies, including nuclear weapons security programs, the Army Corps of Engineers, and various other programs under the Department of Energy.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of the first complete bicameral budget resolution since 2001:

“With Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, we were finally able to pass a bicameral budget resolution, something the Congress failed to do time and time again under Democratic leadership at taxpayers’ expense.”

The Committee on Rules may meet the week of May 11th to grant a rule that could limit the amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.